"Says he come back where they got a few conveniences an’ he eats regular. He says it makes him feel lonesome out there in the open havin’ to think what to do next. So he stole a car an’ come back."
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 4. Tom Joad tells Casy about a released prisoner who steals a car to get back into prison, because conditions are worse at his father’s place – no electic light, shower baths, books and bad food. To add to the irony, the man also finds freedom more lonely than prison life.